Adding effects and choosing colors

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Learn how to easily build an app icon from flat shapes. Explore how to add color, gradient effects, and layer effects to make your app icon stand out among other apps in the Apple Store or Google Play store.

- [Narrator] So in the previous movie,…I showed you how to use basic shapes…to build out the foundation of your app.…And in this movie, I'm going to show you…how to apply some effects.…Now, let's take a look at this icon here.…It's using all the flat gray colors we used before.…And, I tweaked it a little bit.…There were a few things that weren't…lined up the way that I wanted,…so I didn't want you guys to sit through that process.…And, I also added the light here in the top right,…which was in my design, but in the last video,…we didn't apply that, so I just added it here.…So, let's go ahead and add some color and effects.…

I'm using some swatches here that I've created,…so you don't have to go through and watch me…double-click this and pick every color.…If you'd like to use these swatches,…all you need to do is go to this…little icon here on the top right,…and click Import Palette,…As Document Palette,…and then navigate to the Chapter Two folder,…and there, you'll find this palette right here,…and just hit Open.…

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1/25/2018

Set your app apart by designing clean, colorful, and unique icons with Affinity Designer, the professional vector design program. In this course, Ronnie McBride walks digital designers through his workflow for creating an application icon, including the five factors that make a recognizable and memorable design. Learn how to set up a template for iOS and Android output, build an icon from simple shapes, and add effects and color. Plus, find out how to export your assets so that developers can easily integrate them in the final app.